Training Pundits 10/09/09

Once again, on one of this occasions, Limau really regrets that he has come to training on an extremely full stomach! UGH. It hurts, really. Kesenakan yang teramat sangat.

Today's training was kinda subdued coz there weren't that many karate-kas today. Today's training covered learning a new type of block, and its the first time i learned bout it too! Sensei also put us through a reflex exercise.
And a little bit bout training reflexes....

Sensei: If you want to train your reflexess, ask your friend to punch you. Anywhere! Then try to block it. :D

Later it was kata time! Every karate-ka went through all their belt-required kata. From the white up! It was.... exhaust time, with fumes pouring out the nostrils of the karate-kas...
NOTE: Learn your kata.

COMITTEE COVERAGE
Well, yesterday (09/09/09), there was a mini-comittee meeting to elect the new club comittee.

President: Rijal
Vice-president: Yong Kang
Secretary: Limau
Vice-secretary: Ehab
Treasurer: Nadzirah
Quartermaster: Danial
Promotion, media and public relations (MOST IMPORTANT) *drum rolls*: RAZIQ
Other AJKS: *to be updated*

hehheh. Well, we're kinda dictatorship'ish at the moment, due to the fact that there aren't really that much going on other than weekly trainings and the UNITEN HEP would rather reject our proposals for any other activity than not.

BTW, we're up for suggestions for extra-club-activities. :P If there are any suggestions, just post it up.

Our Secret Weapon!

Once during your karate career, you are bound to this awe-inspiring scenario:>

KATA! I FORGOT! WAAAGH! (WAAAGH from Dawn of War 'Orcs') hehheh.
Out comes secret weapon 1 : Ask your sensei (kinda fool proof)
Secret weapon 2: Ask your senpai
SECRET WEAPON 3: http://www.shitokai.com/

Here there are lots of materials about karate and videos for kata referrence. So far, the shito-ryu shinsei is missing (or non-existant in shito-kai) in the website.

Happy kata days!

-limau who is struggling with juroku-

Training Pundits! -13/09/2009-

From limau's desk:

In the midst of gruesome screaming and wailing, Limau thought that something within the karate-kas would break by the end of the session. However, we were pushed forward. With our hearts filled with the determination of convicts facing death , we pushed, and pushed, and.... *exxagerating* :D

btw, my boss wants to change his name! so...

ONIBAKU = RAZIQ
ONBKU = RZQ


Today was basically the 'STREEEETCH'. Lots and lots of stretches. Especially the legs. Very dangerous. There were wails. Lots of it.
a few samples:

LIMAU: AHHHH, OOOOOH
RAZIQ: HAHAHAHA *YES! MY BOSS LAUGHED DURING STRETCHING
RIJAL-RYU: he didnt say anything. PFFFFFT!
KWAN: WOI!
MOSTLY: SCREEEAM!

Lastly, did some recap with the white-belt kata. After rijal-ryu's tazkirah, we called it a day.

Rifal ryu: Never start a conflict. Evade or block.
Limau's intepretation: After phase 1 evasion, incapacitate your attacker via pepper spray. :D *kidding*

It was fun! Serius! No joke. Limau watches the sky *there is the full moon today*, wonders when the next karate training will be. Sigh (Sentimental music please).

Btw, r@ziq will be sharing pics a bit bout tonight's training. Say a few words too, k. :P
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"Say cheeseee... or just scream.. whichever is fine!"

"I am LIMAU! BEWARE!"

 Tonite was fun! Too bad sensei wasnt there... awesometh-high-5 to all that came! - raziq

Training Reminder

LOL! Training reminder to all karate-kas!
Thursday! Remember. Its a Thursday night! (malam jumaat)

9.pm, dewan seri sarjana, uniten

Words from our big boss:
Going to tarawikh is sunat, in sunnah Rasulullah saw. *important, no doubt.

Learning to defend ourselves is also sunat. *In fact, from what I know, very important too*
So, choose wisely....hohoho. :D

*im not really implying anything here....*

ps: you can still tarawih on your own.. :P -raziq

Shitoryu's Heian Shodan

So a few weeks earlier I started trying to find out whats next for me after I received my yellow belt and according to the senpais and sensei, I will have to learn Heian Shodan. Being the good karateka padawan myself, I decided to check out videos of it on the web.

Now, we all know of this nifty Shitoryu site www.shitokai.com. However to watch the videos there you have to download the Apple Quicktime plugin and I wasnt gonna do that so I headed over to youtube and started searching for Heian Shodan....

...which got me tons of "SHOTOKAN" Heian Shodan videos but no Shitoryu's (Shotokan's Heian Shodan is very different from Shitoryu's). Which was baffling to the say the least... Is Shitoryu that unpopular?

As it turns out, today while surfing the web for some karate photos to make a banner out of (hopefully soon) I stumbled upon this very enlightening photo...

To summarize what it says: "Heian" used to be called "Pinan" back in the days. Aaaandd as it turns out also, there ARE quite a few of Pinan Shodan videos on youtube. So yes.

Learn something new -every- day.

Merdeka Day just got one-upped...

by this-- http://forum.shitoryu.org.my/!! Thats right fellas. Malaysian Shito-ryu's very own forum. "Let the trolling commence!!", would be what i'd say but after a quick scan most of the guys there seems to be black belts... and one 5dan sensei... the ones that i could see anyways... so yeah, i'ma hold that thought...

anyways this is in my opinion very nice to have. i still have no idea what lil someone like me can benefit from the forum but it seems like a good place as any for organizing events and what not seeing as this IS the -official- m.a.s.k forum...

oh right, happy merdeka day! here's to a better year of independence! kanpai~

onibaku desu~

And We TRAIN!

27/8/2009: DEWAN SERI SARJANA, UNITEN, Karate Shitoryu Club has successfully conducted a training that was previously scheduled. According to many eye-witnesses, the training was done without exercise mats due to some unforseen circumstances made by the DEWAN administration. However, the lack of disappointment did not deter its fellow karate-kas to turn away. In fact....

I GOT TAKE-DOWN BY ULTRA SUPER SENSEI AGAIN!
Yeah, its gotta be it. Every class, there must be a take-down, if not, its not karate. :D Just kidding. To recap, today's training focused on some kihon (basic movements), sports sparring and kata. Since im more in love with kata, due to my biasity, im gonna brief a bit about what kata is all about.

ERK! KATA! Confirm compulsary during grading. AKA: VERY IMPORTANT! yeah, right. Kata obviously tests our ability to memorise the pre-determined steps, set by long-lost senseis which the reasons now only God knows why. Even the senseis proclaimed that kata is the heart of karate! Karate is self-defense. So why kata? If we can protect ourselves, do a few shadow kicks and earth-shakes without kata, why learn it anyway? I can't even see how we can apply kata in practical fights!

1. True, kata does test our ability to memorise pre-determined steps. The thing is, it also sets-in those memorisation into our muscles. The more we train, the more our muscles are accustomed to the movements. So, our body can react faster to threats than it would normally do.

2. Kata is very practical in fights. Its just how you are actually going to apply it. For those text-book freaks, get this: APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE! The kata has set many pre-determined blocks and thrusts that we may actually apply during a real fight. Of course we are not going to 100% plagiarise the kata, but we do apply what is in the kata to counter and strike. The thing is: APPLY not COPY PASTE, or ur just gonna get yourself bashed up pretty bad. Real bad......

3. Kata is extremely hard to master. And really, really hard. To get that perfect stance, to get that perfect punch and kick, body coordination, breathing control, reflex. There are many more properties to a good kata. Can you really do it? Think about it. Good kata = Good karate-ka.

4. I love kata. And do not ever try to dissuade me. I just love it, ok? So what if I'm bias?

And... I got take-down again by sensei. :D The feeling is just super awesome! You see the whole world reeling, and then, that moment of faith sinks. You hit earth. Ouch. :P What sensei did was an application from a kata, Heian-yon-dan *if my spelling is accurate*.

Note: Im tired. :D hehheh. Take care guys. The article needs a lot to be touched up.

WEIH! WENT TO PUTRAJAYA RAMADHAN BAZAAR! Bought the super-ultra-awesome roti-john! Onibaku, ur the best! At first, I, Limau was sceptical. But when the taste sank in, I did not regret going to the bazaar in the rain, faced the JAM going back home, and being pucnched a lot in the stomach today :D Also liked the tauhu-fa, the chendol drink was awesome, great paprick chicken, AND THE APAM BALIK! BEST i'VE TASTED IN YEARS! WOOT! Many thanx to Onibaku and the Kenaria guys.

Note to self: DO NOT EAT TOO MUCH BEFORE TRAINING!

We Have A BLOG!

Dozo yoroshiku!

The UNITEN Shito-ryu karate club has a blog. Actually, we even have a friendster page. Well, first we'll have to dig it out and update it. So, no friendster, period. Link will be posted later, though.

Well, a few lil introductions, I, Limau, am going to be the temporary chief editor, who aspires to become on-contract-basis chief editor. Onibaku is gonna be the director-in-chief of the blog. So yes, he's basically my boss. He doesnt like my articles, he explodes, he sees anything wrong with my karate, he explodes, he just wants to whack me, well.... :D It'll rain demons. Of course, we also have a bigger boss, Rijal-ryu, who, if he doesnt like this blog, will whallop us to 'life-life fish' before packaging us to sensei to be 'almost dead fish'. :D Just joking btw, onibaku and rijal are nice people.

This blog is designed as a platform for official shitoryu uniten announcements as well as a place to learn more about karate. We will be posting stuff here, mostly whatever we like, but for some reason, it will have a 'hidden karate meaning' to it. :P

NOTES: OFFICIAL TRAINING FOR RAMADHAN, JUNE 2009
DAY: MONDAY and THURSDAY
VENUE: DEWAN SERI SARJANA (DSS) aka MPH *IN UNITEN
TIME: 9pm - 10.30pm
ATTIRE: YOUR OWN KARATE UNIFORM OR SPORTS ATTIRE
ADVICE: EAT LIGHT DURING THE BREAKING OF FAST OR DINNER BEFORE KARATE FOR THAT MATTER (from personal experience)

and, salam ramadhan, selamat berpuasa! From all the staff of shitoryu-uniten blog.